I’ve read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, ‘Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.’ I don’t want to be part of that.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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I didn’t want anybody’s name on my backside. I personally don’t like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone’s likeness all over it.
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I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.
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I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
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To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
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The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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Water’s never clumsy.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
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You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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